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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not get a 1-2 year old dog instead?[/quote]

It's definitely a possibility, I'm not sure a 1 year old dog in daycare is more ethical than a 6 month old dog in daycare.

[b]The kids want the experience of raising a puppy.[/b]  My current dog is older than one of them, and came to us as a young adult when the other one was too young to really help or to remember, so they don't have experience with dog training.

If I was convinced a young dog would be more ethical, or easier, I might offer that as a compromise, but I'm not sure.

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This is quite possibly the stupidest reason for getting a puppy.  :lol:

Really ask them, and yourself, what this means, and what it's actually going to look like. A LOT of people think they want the "experience" of raising a puppy without any real understanding (or even a clue) what that means. Do your high school-aged kids want to wake up in the night and take the puppy out? Do they want to clean up the pee oopsies? Do they want the stuff they left out shredded by tiny teeth? Even if they want to do this over the summer, do you want to keep doing it for months/years after? Most breeds aren't grown until they're 3, and that first year is critical for their psychological and social development. If your current dog came to you as a young adult, you may not be aware of the difference between a 4-month old pup's needs and a year-old pup's needs.

Everybody wants a tiny puppy to snuggle. Not everybody wants to be responsible for raising a puppy into a good dog. It's totally fine to start with a 1-2 year old dog. They usually have plenty of puppy energy left, and are easier to train to tasks.[/quote]

If "I want to raise a puppy" is a bad reason, what is a good reason?  [/quote]

"I'm ready to be responsible for a dog for the next 10-20 years (regardless of what my kids do/don't do to help)". [/quote]

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